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Bali, Lophosia-like Tachinid
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Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 13-04-2014 09:22
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9205 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Bali, Bratan L. env., 1250m, Febr, 2014, O.Kosterin Looks like Lophosia, but vein M almost straight, 5mm Nikita Vikhrev attached the following image: [114.04Kb] Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 13-04-2014 10:35
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Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Hey Nikita, nice fly! This is likely to be Axiniidae, a male Axinia sp. Females look different, with different antennae. Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 13-04-2014 14:37
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9205 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Gerard! Nice to hear you. 1. Female. Yes, I had known it yet, because I have 1 female too: antenna is almost normal, but head shape and everything else too. "Everything else" legs like in Acalyptrata, meron with 1-2 setae only. 2. According to Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog -- Web Version it is: 112a. Family Rhinophoridae Originally placed in their own family, the Axiniidae, but since moved to Rhinophoridae, "axe flies" were proposed by Colless (1994a) to include 16 species in 4 genera in Australia and New Guinea. Nothing is known of the immatures, but based on adult female morphology, larvae may be parasitic, possibly on arthropods or molluscs. Refs.: Colless (1994a). Different opinion: A small Australian family (axeflies), closely related to the exotic Rhinophoridae and thus to the Tachinidae. Anyway, Bali is very new record. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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ChrisR |
Posted on 14-04-2014 10:15
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Fascinating fly - thanks for the opportunity to see a photo of it Do you have more angles that show the exact shape of the subscutellum?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-04-2014 18:23
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9205 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Chris, from today and 2 next weeks I'm not in Moscow. Do you have key(s) for Axiniidae? Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 19-04-2014 18:23
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Wowzers! I wonder if this family was moved to Rhinophoridae family as Axiniinae! An aberrant rhinophorid type with a straight M vein; flies never cease amazing us! Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 19-04-2014 18:25 |
ChrisR |
Posted on 19-04-2014 19:33
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Nikita: apologies - didn't see your reply - no I have nothing on Axiniidae, sorry.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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